French Revolution Notes Part -1
French revolution is the story of a revolution that happened from 1789 to 1799.
Revolution means a great change in the social and political condition of any country within very short period of time.
| a | The political change in France in order |
|---|---|
1 | Abolishment of monarchy |
2 | Birth of democratic government |
3 | Rise of Napoleon |
| b | Social change in France |
|---|---|
1 | Removal of feudalism |
2 | Removal of discriminatory taxes from the members of the third estate. |
The event considered to be the starting point of revolution
Storming of the Bastille Fort
In the morning of 14 July,1789 almost 7000
people are gathered in the city of Paris. All of them seemed to be very angry over the King and began destroying government buildings in search of arms. Because the King had ordered army to enter into the city, and it was rumoured that the army would shoot the people. After hearing this people started attacking buildings to get arms so that they could protect themselves.
They came across a Fort named Bastille Fort. Which was used as a jail and was considered a symbol of royal power.
So lots of people get into the building of fort and had killed the jailer in the fight. There were seven prisoners at that time, all of them were released.Finally the Fort was destroyed by the people and they sold the bricks of Fort to those who wanted to have
memory of this important day which marked the beginning of French Revolution.
14 July is celebrated as National day in France.
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